Profession

Dr.Jobaer Alam joined Dhaka University as a Lecturer in 2008 in the Department of Fisheries. In 2013 he became an Assistant Professor and joined the Department of Oceanography in Dhaka University. He served as the Chairman of the Oceanography department from 2018 to 2022 for two consecutive terms. From January 2024 he is serving as the Professor at the Department.

Dr.Md.Jobaer Alam assumed the role of Chairman and Acting Editor of The Bangladesh Today, a national English daily in 2013. The Bangladesh Today founded in 2002 re-emerged under his administration as a modern newspaper for the new generation with vast online presence and has been acting as a platform to promote culture, education and dialogue in the young generation.

Dr.Jobaer Alam has other involvements through various organizations he founded in the real estate, media, consultancy and international business sector. He is the Co-ordinator and Treasurer of the World's Largest Sculptor Village named as Barbarism of 1971.